Florida Keys

The case, which stems from a deadly crash in 2019, raises broader questions about the safety of Tesla's driver-assistance systems and whether the company has exaggerated their capabilities.

Floyd Dean Devasier, 63, of Katy, Texas, was arrested Thursday for hiring or leasing property with intent to defraud. The charge stems from an incident that began earlier in the week when Devasier rented a 26.5-foot Panga-style vessel from Beach Weekend Key West Marina on Stock Island.

The Department of Government Efficiency earlier this year said it was terminating the Key Largo office for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

Key West City Commissioners — under pressure from Florida’s attorney general — reversed a decision that was praised by residents at a previous meeting and voted to reenter into a 287(g) immigration enforcement agreement between local police and federal officials. It would deputize and train local law enforcement as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Nearly two years after an unprecedented die-off of endangered smalltooth sawfish in the Florida Keys, scientists are still investigating conditions that caused the deaths and how to better predict and prevent future outbreaks. “We're gonna probably have this tax on the sawfish population indefinitely," a marine biologist told WLRN.

A presidential executive order will increase entry fees for national parks, including Everglades National Park, but only for visitors who are not U.S. citizens. President Donald Trump said "national parks will be about America First."

Responding to an outcry of business owners, church leaders and local residents, the Key West City Commission cancelled the city’s agreement to allow local police to assist federal immigration agents in apprehending suspected undocumented immigrants.

“It has had devastating effects on the economic health of our island,” says the group — the Key West Immigrant Support Network — in a statement. “If we continue down this path, it will have irreversible consequences.”

Those who share a passion for pie and Florida's tart and tiny citrus are invited to Southernmost Beach Café, 1405 Duval Street, where the 2025 World Famous Key Lime Pie Eating Championship is to take center stage on Friday, July 4.

The South Florida protesters were part of a nationwide rally of Trump opponents who are countering the president's orchestrated military parade Saturday to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary — and the president's birthday — in Washington, D.C.

The Florida Keys is poised to see a flurry of new development — despite warnings that island chain is already overpopulated with worsening traffic and rising flooding risks — thanks to a new bill set to become law at the end of the month.

The WorldPride 2025 Parade kicks off Saturday in Washington, D.C., with a 1,000-foot Rainbow Flag made from pieces of the Gilbert Baker Foundation’s original 2003 Key West “Sea to Sea” flag.